Ecclesiastes 2:20

"Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun."

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All Translations

BBE BBE

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

DBY DBY

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

KJV King James Version

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

WBT WBT

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

WEB WEB

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

YLT YLT

And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.